Binder for publications



W. A. WAM-QE@ BINDER FOR PUBLICATIONS 3 Sheets-Shaw l BINDER FCP. PUBLITIONS 3.9M. 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 VV, was. BINDER FUR PUE-LICTIGNS Flled oepn. i7n 1%@ a Sheetsmheet 3 yf l van.,

Patented Feb. 7, 1928.

BINDER FOB EU'BLCAIIMS.

Application filed `September i7, 1,926. erial No. 136,120.

This invention relates to improvements in binders and more particularly to 'a binder designed to house a vplurality of magazines, newspapers, or other periodicals, digests,

briefs, pa hlets, etc., and one of the objects of the present invention is to provide a binder which will be extremely vsimple in `construction .and inexpensive to manufacture and in which 'the-publications to 'be bound may be readily inserted and anchored.

Another object. of the invention is to rovide-a binder so constructed that magazmes and the like may be readily boundv and anchored therein without `,any mutilation of the same and without the necessity of punch` in yholes-through lthe magazines or other pu lications, the anchoring means being so constructed that the ages of all ,of the magazines orother publications within the binder may be exposed to full view, the same as though the magazines or the like were not bound.

Another object of the invention is to provide a binder of the type referred to embodying clamping members for clamping the opposite sides of the assemblage of publications arranged therein and anchoring members for the publications, the clamping means being so constructed as to firmlyandw.

'10 squarely clamp the back portions of the publications Without any distortion of the backs and Without likelihood of the publications being subject tol accidental displacement.

Another-obj ect of the invention is to so construct the binder that when magazines or other publications are arranged therein and the binder is permanently closed, a back which constitutes a part of the hinderv may be so arranged as to present a neatand attractive 4o appearance when the binder is disposed rin.

upright position upon a book shelf, so that it will have the appearance of a permanently hound volume. i y

' Another objet oi the invention is to provide a binder of thetype referred to so constructed that the clampingmembei's lthereof may have a wide range of adjustment, thus permitting of increase or decrease in the capacity of the binder in accordance with the 5o combined thicknesses of the. magazines or other publications arranged therein and so that when the binder is finally closed, it will lbe compact and the magazines or the like held therein will be compact-ly and tightly bound and not subject to any loose play or displacement. f-

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a vertical sectional view in detail through the back portion of a binder .constructed in accordance with the present invention, the binder being o' the type Which-.is designed to contain a pluralitybt magazmes bound in the standard styI M Figure 2 is a perspective view, par' leingbroken away, illustrating the binding devices of the embodiment shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 isa perspective view illustrating a modified form of anchoring member which may be employed inthe-binders shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a-viewsimilar to Figure 1, illustrating another modification of the invention, adapted particularly for use in the binding of magazines, pamphlets, and other publications which* are bound in saddle fashion, or, in other words, with the leaves itted one into another along vertical folds.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially .on the line 5-5 of Figure/i, looking 'in the direction indicated by the'arrovvs. v

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure l,

Iillustrating a vfurther modification of the invention.

fr.liligure' 7 is a horizontal sectional View taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Figure 6,*-looking in the direction indicated' by the arrows.

Figure 8 is a sectional view similar to Figui-e1 illustrating a modied construction, portions of the bindingbeing omitted.

The binder mechanism in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures land 2fis best illustrated in the latter ligure and comprises a pair ofpclamping members indicated in general by the numeral l. Each of these members is preferably termed from heavy sheet metal and each comprises a horizontal or clamping Wing 2 and a backing wing 3 which occupies a plane at right angies to the Wing 2.' The Wing 2 is 'formedin its length with a series of openings 4 to accommodate the ends of the sections of l binding postswhich are indicated in general by thejnuxneral 5. Each of these posts comprises a section 6 provided at one end with a flat, relatively thin circular head 7 preferably havinga screW-drivergioove 8 formed therein, and this section is provided at its other end with a'threaded bore 9. The other section of the post, indicated bythe numeral -1Q, comprises a shank which is. threaded and v titl which is provided with a head 12 likewise having a screw driver groove 18 therein. At the juncture of the thread shank 11 with its head l2, the section of each post is preferably provided with a cylindrical enlargement 14 which is of the same diameter as the diameter of the section 6, and in assembling the posts with the clamping members, the member 6 is fitted through the opening 4 in one of the clampingr members and the enlargement 14 of the said'section l() is fitted into the opening 4 in the other clamping member and its shank'is threaded into the bore 9 of the section 6 this being done after the anchoring mem ers of the binder and the magazines or ot` er publications bound thereby have been properly assembied, as will presently be explained.

'As clearly illustrated in Figure-1 cf the drawings, the wings 2 of the clamping members are designed to exert pressure in opposite directions against the magazines or other publications, at the back portions thereof. disposed within the binder between the said clamping members, and in order to prevent any canting or tilting of the members and likewise in order to insure of a positive binding action being exerted thereby when the sections l() of the binder posts are adjusted so as to relatively adjust the said clamping members, lugs 15 are provided at intervals along the free edges of the Wings 25 of the clamping members and are located cach opposite a respective one of the binding posts, so that they willv engage'against the rear sides of the posts and, due to the iaet that the engaging edges of these lugs are located in a plane with the adjacent sides of the respective openings 4, any tilting of the clamping members when the posts are tightened, will be positively prevented. The binder posts 5 support anchoring members indicated in general by the numeral 16 and each of these members comprises a metal strip 17 having openings 18 therein accommodating the binder post sections 6, the said post sections being lsnugly received within the said openings and the anchoring members being in this manner supported Yfor adjustment longitudinally of the said posts. lfdcsired,tlic wings il may bc extended to overlap, as shown in Figure. S. and tbc lugs l5 omitted from the last clamping member applied vvhcn the binder is being assembled so that its wing 3 will not bc. liable to catch against tbe extended rear edge portions' ot the anchoring members i6 when the posts are tightened. I near one longitudinal edge of each respective strip 17 and the strip is formed, preferably at intervals opposite the openings 18, and at its other longitudinal edge. with spurs 19 which are alternately bent to extend beyond the planes of the opposite faces of laf `strip. It will. be observed by reference portion of the '.l'be opcningsl I8 are located to Figure l that in arranging the magazines or other publications within the binder, the back of one of the publications will be dis posed against the sections 6 ot the binder posts 5 and this magazine 'will rest at its ack portion upon a strip 2t) which forms a adjacent cover and is tormcd with openings 20 accommodating the scctions 6 of the said posts 'and opposing the wing 2 of the respective clamping member. One of the anchoring members 16 is then -litted to the post, another magazine is placed m position, and another' anchoring member is fitted to the post, and this is continued until all of the magazines or other publications to be bound as well as the requisite intervening anchoring members have been assembled with the backs of the magazines abutting the post sections G and positioned between the Wings 2 of the clamping members. When the sections 10 of the posts` are threaded into thefbores of the sections 6 of the posts. the` compressive torce cxerted laterally against the opposite sides of the stack of magazines or the like will rcsult in the spurs 19 penetratinglr thc sides ol` the magazines adjacent their bound backs but at a relatively short distance inwardly therefrom. so that the magazines may be individually opened to any page and thicomplete page will be exposed-to view. This manner of anchoring the magazines or other publications obviates the necessity of punch` ing holes in the backs of the magazines or otherwise mutilating the magazines. Tt will 1. evident at this point that inasmuch as the posts 5 are in alinement and the backs ot' the magazines or other publications engage squarely against allot the posts, the magazines will be perfectly alined or registered and, therefore. they will be bound in an at# tractive and precise manner. Ihu'tbermorc. when the binder is laid on its back upon a table. the posts will constitute supports for the backs ot' the magazines, thus relievimgr the anchoring members and their spurs or' strain. i

The cover members otthebinder are indicated by the nlnneral 21and each ot these cover members includes a. relatively stilll body 22 having inner and outer cover sheets 'i and 2l which are extended from tbc body and adbcsivcly secured uponlhu inner and outer faces of thc cooperating strip 2t). relatively narrow portion 25 of the cover sheet 2t is left free between the clamping member ol the binder and thc adjacent marlgin ot' the body 22 of the cover member .so that a flexible ,connection is provided between the cover member and the said clamping member of the binder. The numeral 26 indicates strips which are disposed afrainst the outer faces of the wings 2 of the e amping members and are provided with op ings 27 accommodating the heads 7 of de sections 6 of the binder posts and the heads 12 of the sections 10 of the posts and these strips may be of heavy cardboard, iiber and likewise the corresponding edges of the y strips 26, and sheets of leather, leatherette, or other fie'xible material, indicated bythe numeral 29, are anchored at their inner marginal portions between the wings 2 o'f they clamping members and the inner marginal portions of the cover sheets 24, as shown in Figure 1, and are provided withv openings to accommodate the sections of the binding posts. inner edges of the wings 2 of the clamping members and the inner edges of the strips 26 and beside the outer sides of said strips 26 to cover the same vand likewise conceal the heads 7 and 12 of the binder post sections 6 and 10, th'e sheets being continued about the longitudinal edges of the bachstrip 28 and thus Aproviding fiaps which are indicated by the numeral 30. One of these flaps, after the binder has been filled and closed, is stretched over the vouter surface of the strip 28 and preferably adhesively united thereto, and the other flap is in a similar manner stretched over .the first-mentioned Hap, being biought in from the broken-line position shown in Figure 1,` to the fulllline.-l

position shown in the said ligure, and adhesi vely united to the said first-mentioned flap. The ends of the flaps are turned in and adliesively secured against the inner face of the strip 28and i'he binder is then in condition for use.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, illustrate a very simple torni of anchoring member but, if desired, an anchoring member, such as shown in Figure 3, may be employed and this ymember comprises a metal strip 31 having openings 32 formed therein to accommodate the sections of lthe binder posts, and anchoring spurs 33 are either integrally formed .upon the opposite faces of the said strips ini a series opposite each of the openiiigsj32,for are 'formed separately from the A strip and anchored in openings iii the said strip, these spurs being of conical or pyramidal form and conseqiientlivv sharply point ed. These spurs are located relatively close to that longitudinal edge of the strip 31 opposite the edge adjacent which the openings 32 are located and will, of course, bite into or ypenetrate the magazines betweenY which the strips are interposed in precisely the same manner as the spurs 19 of the previously described embodiment.

These sheets are led aboutltlie' The principles of the invention are also adaptable to the binding of saddle-backboiind pamphlets and the like and this modification of the invention is shown clearly in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings. In these tigures the numeral 34 indieates'the clampingr members of the binder and the numeral 35 indicates the binder posts, these parts being of the same construction as in the previously described embodiments, the binder back being likewise constructed the same as previously described, as also the cover mem; bers and their anchoring means. In this embodiinent, each of the anchoring members.

comprises a relatively narrow strip 36 provided at intervals corresponding to the spacing of the binderposts, with ears 37 having apertures 38 to accommodate said posts. In

this embodiment of the invention,the ears 37 are either directly forced through the backs of-the saddle bound pamphlets or incisions may be made in the baeksof the pamphlets .if they are of considerable thickness and the said ears inserted therethrough. In any event, the strips 36 will seat within the folded backs of the pamphlets andthe ears 37 will extend therethrough, thus securely anclioringr the pamphlets against direct outward displacement in addition to the clamping action exerted by the clamping members 34 and the binder `posts 35.- In this form, the strips are not provided with spurs' inasmuch as the publications to be bound will be comparatively thin and there might be interference with the ends of the spurs of adjacent anchoring strips if the strips were of the form shown in Figures 1 and 2 or the form shown in Figure In the modification of the invention shown in Figures 6 and 7 of the drawings, the construction is approximately the lsame as illustrated in Figurefhthe clamping members being indicated by the numeral 39 and of the f same construction, as shown in said Figure 1', except that the horizontal wing `of each clamping member, indicated by the numeral .40, is formed with 'an opening 41 to accommodate the'binder post and likewise with a short slot 42 which is radial to the openings- I 41 and communicates therewith. In this em- 4loodiment 'of the invention, the binder post 43 is formed with a longitudinally extending radial lrib 44 at its rear side which engages iii the notch 42 iii the clamping members, and likewise. iif'this embodiment, the anchoring members, which are in the form of strips 45 of metal, are formed with openings 47 which accommodate the binder posts 43 and with slots 48 which open through their rearedges and a're radialto and communicate with the openings 47, these slots accommodating the ribs 44 upon the said posts 43. The anchoring strips in this embodiment are provided with spurs 49 which serve the same purpose lill) as the spurs in the previously described em- 13 15 be relatively adjustable to effect adjustment:

of the clamping members, said sections being secured to the clamping members respe tively, means upon the second-nrentioned portions of the clamping members engaging the said posts to preventtilting of the said members,`and means adjustably mounted npon the binder posts for disposal between relatively adjacent ones of the publications ot the assemblage for positive engagement with the pnblieationsito restrain the same from displacement from between the saidelamp` ing members.

vIntestimony.whereof I affix my signature.

lVALTER A. lV ALK Ell. 

